Inventories can be managed, but people must be led.
H. Ross Perot
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The activist is not the man who says the river is dirty. The activist is the man who cleans up the river.
Most people give up just when they're about to achieve success. They quit on the one yard line. They give up at the last minute of the game one foot from a winning touchdown.
Action is greater than writing. A good man is a nobler object of contemplation than a great author. There are but two things worth living for: to do what is worthy of being written; and to write what is worthy of being read; and the
Anybody can cut prices, but it takes brains to produce a better article.
Business is not just doing deals; business is having great products, doing great engineering, and providing tremendous service to customers. Finally, business is a cobweb of human relationships.
Eagles don't flock, you have to find them one at a time.
Failures are like skinned knees, painful but superficial.
If someone is blessed as I am is not willing to clean out the barn, who will?
If we decide to take this level of business creating ability nationwide, we'll all be plucking chickens for a living.
If we did not have such a thing as an airplane today, we would probably create something the size of N.A.S.A. to make one.
If you can't stand a little sacrifice and you can't stand a trip across the desert with limited water, we're never going to straighten this country out.
If you see a snake, just kill it - don't appoint a committee on snakes.
Inventories can be managed, but people must be led.
Something in human nature causes us to start slacking off at our moment of greatest accomplishment. As you become successful, you will need a great deal of self-discipline not to lose your sense of balance, humility, and commitment.
Which one of the three candidates would you want your daughter to marry?
Written reports stifle creativity.
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